Mothers and babies at risk of harm in ‘toxic’ NHS cover-up culture, health leader to say

The article highlights concerns about a "toxic" cover-up culture within the NHS, which is putting mothers and babies at risk of harm. Charles Massey, the chief executive of the General Medical Council, will warn that "something must have gone badly wrong" when trainee obstetrics and gynaecology doctors are fearful of speaking up. The article also reveals that 14 NHS trusts in England are the focus of a national maternity investigation, indicating a wider issue within the healthcare system. The trusts named in the article include Barking, Havering and Redbridge, Blackpool, Bradford, East Kent, Gloucestershire, Leeds, Oxford, Sandwell and West Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Telford, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, University Hospitals of Leicester, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay, University Hospitals Sussex, and Yeovil District Hospital. The article suggests that the "toxic" cover-up culture within the NHS risks normalizing the harm to mothers and babies, and the health leader's remarks aim to address this concerning trend.